Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News Editorials & Other Articles General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

Editorials & Other Articles

niyad

(131,176 posts)

8. The "authorities" never raided the lockers, never looked at his ranch,

Reply to douglas9 (Original post)

Mon Feb 23, 2026, 08:20 AM

Monday

ignored his Paris place, missed the "secret" room/safe in his NY place, etc., etc., etc. One would think it was done on purpose. Either that, or we were paying some of the most incompetent people in those departments ever. No writer of fiction could have ever gotten away with such a cast of incompetent assholes. No editor would have passed it. Fiction has to at least touch plausible reality.

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

Recommendations

18 members have recommended this reply (displayed in chronological order):

niyad Bristlecone orangecrush AllyCat RockCreek RamblingRose Easterncedar tanyev Luvcatz14 YodaMom2 LittleGirl not fooled Americanme Wednesdays Trueblue Texan duckworth969 orleans wnylib

29 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

Exclusive: Epstein hid secret files in storage units across US [View all] douglas9 Monday OP

The rich and powerful may have thought they destroyed all the evidence? Irish_Dem Monday #1

Indeed. May panic abound. I just hope honest people are the ones who get to take the evidence LymphocyteLover Monday #5

Billionaires are trying to figure out how to get the files as we speak? Irish_Dem Monday #6

K & R democrank Monday #2

Love to see THIS on Storage Wars! Simeon Salus Monday #3

This was also my first thought crud Monday #15

Ditto. n/t Ms. Toad Monday #21

last year they kept saying there are no files IronLionZion Monday #4

I bet that was part of Ghislaine's conversation with Cankles's henchman that got her transferred to the country club Scrivener7 Monday #7

I doubt it. That kind of evidence would get her Bluetus Monday #17

The "authorities" never raided the lockers, never looked at his ranch, niyad Monday #8

All true, but I thought the FBI accessed and opened his safe in NYC? confiscating hard drives and discs? Evolve Dammit Monday #24

Well, I for one, fully expect this DOJ will pursue..... lastlib Monday #9

I wonder if the family has this stuff. Bluetus Monday #18

that bitch will eat the files if she has to just to prevent anyone from seeing them nt orleans Monday #29

If payments stopped in 2019 the storage units would have been liquidated soon after. Gaugamela Monday #10

I think some of the videos would be considered porn Sanity Claws Monday #11

This message was self-deleted by its author thesquanderer Monday #13

It seems likely that Epstein would have given instructions to somebody he trusted Bluetus Monday #19

Kick dalton99a Monday #12

Have they checked all the bathrooms at Mar-a-Lago? (n/t) thesquanderer Monday #14

I think you are correct in your suspicion. usonian Monday #16

Or Ivanna's casket? wnylib Monday #27

Whoa.... Sogo Monday #20

And what happened when the payments stopped? catrose Monday #22

Watch them try to find and bury (catch and kill) these storage lockers. It is a corrupt cabal after all. Evolve Dammit Monday #23

Anybody who might have these items in their possession Buddyzbuddy Monday #25

And a bathroom at Mierda-Lardo? Ocelot II Monday #26

Dropped off with Putin during Congress members' visit? wnylib Monday #28